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Canadian Rockies : they abound in wild animals, glaciers, and luxurious hotels

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24918
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1947
Publisher
Life
Call Number
02.6 L11c PAM OS
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Publisher
Life
Published Date
1947
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff National Park
Travel
Tourism
Banff Springs Hotel
Rundle Mount
Athabaska River
Brazeau
Maligne Lake
Bow River
Canadian National Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
Chateau Lake Louise
Trails
Mountaineering
Columbia Icefield
Abstract
Pertains to the Canadian Rocky Mountains as a tourist destination in 1947 and features main geographical attractions such as the Mount Rundle, Athabaska River, Maligne Lake, Bow River in addition to the Banff Springs Hotel with map of Banff National Park and Jasper National Park.
Notes
In Life, June 9, 1947, pp. 68 - 76
Accession Number
7889
Call Number
02.6 L11c PAM OS
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Specific volume with article can be viewed online via Google Books
Websites
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With ice-axe and camera in the Rocky Mountains

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24926
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889
Publisher
The Graphic
Call Number
02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
Responsibility
Rev. W. Spotswood Green (sketches)
Rev. H. Swanzy (photographs)
Publisher
The Graphic
Published Date
1889
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Glacier House
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Lake Louise
Lake Louise District
Selkirk Mountains
Selkirk Range
Abstract
Pertains to Glacier House and a paper read at the Royal Geographical Society by Rev. W. Spotswood Green who traversed the Selkirks accompanied by Rev. H. Swanzy in 1889 with accompanying photographs/sketches of Beaver Creek, snow shed, Glacier House kitchen staff, aftermath of a snow slide, Mount Bonney, Lower Columbia Lake, goats, Mount Lefroy and Lake Louise, and an avalanche.
Notes
In The Graphic, October 19, 1889, pp. 484 - 486
Accession Number
7830
Call Number
02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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The Great Dominion : Canada - Supplement to the Illustrated London News

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1912
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Call Number
02.4 Il6g PAM O.S.
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Published Date
1912
Physical Description
28 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Great Divide Trail
Highways
Highways - Alberta
Mountaineering
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Tourism
Travel
Abstract
Pertains to Canada as of 1912 with articles on Duke of Connought, Canadian Pacific Railway "All Red Tour Through Canada" from Yarmouth to Alberni, the proposed construction of "The Motor Highway of the Great Divide" from Calgary to Banff and onto through the Columbia Valley, "On Dizzy Heights of the Dominion : Mountaineering in Canada" which explains trail riding options available to tourists in the Rocky Mountains and some mountain scenes entitled "The Charm of the Dominion : Beauty Rugged and Pastoral"
Notes
In The Illustrated London News, Vol. CXL, No. 3803 , Saturday, March 9, 1912, pp. i - xxviii
Accession Number
7864
Call Number
02.4 Il6g PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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The American alpine journal

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Publisher
New York, NY : The American Alpine Club
Call Number
P
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Publisher
New York, NY : The American Alpine Club
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Mountaineering
Notes
Library has: vol. 1, issue 1, 1929 to 2013
Missing: 1946, 2013-2022
Accession Number
2014.8312
Call Number
P
Location
Pallet Storage - Newspapers
Holdings
1929-2013
Frequency
Annual
Retention Policy
Ongoing
Collection
Archives Library
Websites
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1897
Publisher
London : Charles Scribner's Sons
Call Number
01 W69m
Responsibility
Edward L. Wilson, Edwin Lord Weeks, A. F. Jaccaci, W. Martin-Conway, Mark Brickell Kerr, William Williams, and H. F. B. Lynch
Publisher
London : Charles Scribner's Sons
Published Date
1897
Physical Description
358 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
St. Elias
Alps
Climbing
Glaciers
Contents
I. Mount Washington in winter / Edward L. Wilson -- II. Some episodes of mountaineering by a cause amateur / Edwin Lord Weeks -- III. Ascent of Mount Aetna / A. F. Jaccaci -- IV. Ascent of Mount Ararat / H. F. B. Lynch -- V. Climbing Mount St. Elias / William Williams -- VI. Mount St. Elias and its glaciers / Mark Brickell Kerr -- VII. One thousand miles through the Alps / Sir. W. Martin Conway
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
01 W69m
Collection
Archives Library
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Part Of
Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
Scope & Content
Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 1, Jul. -Oct. 1902 Roger's Pass July - October 1902 Personal diary containing travel notes, including rising times, sleep patterns, train delays and trips, hunting, travel around Glacier, Cascade, chores, Revelstok…
Date Range
1902
Reference Code
M169 / 1
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Accession Number
7773
Reference Code
M169 / 1
Date Range
1902
Physical Description
1 vol. textual record
Scope & Content
Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 1, Jul. -Oct. 1902 Roger's Pass
July - October 1902
Personal diary containing travel notes, including rising times, sleep patterns, train delays and trips, hunting, travel around Glacier, Cascade, chores, Revelstoke, mentions of Mrs. Schaffer, Mr. Vaux
Nine page story "Hiawatha", One page poem "The Cowboy on the Wheel"
From back: campsite diagram, three drawings of CPR trains, "The God-darned wheel" story, 2 drawings of CPR trains
Subject Access
Hunting
Mountaineering
Camping
Daily routines
Fictional entries
Title Source
Title taken from source
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
Scope & Content
Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 2, Jan. -Aug. 1903 Calgary, Lake Louise Personal diary with list of letters written and recieved day by day from January to June, mentions of Laggan trip, Lake Louise, Glacier, Pulpit Peak, Mt. Gordon, Peyto Lake, …
Date Range
1903
Reference Code
M169 / 2
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Accession Number
7773
Reference Code
M169 / 2
Date Range
1903
Physical Description
1 vol. textual record
Scope & Content
Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 2, Jan. -Aug. 1903 Calgary, Lake Louise
Personal diary with list of letters written and recieved day by day from January to June, mentions of Laggan trip, Lake Louise, Glacier, Pulpit Peak, Mt. Gordon, Peyto Lake, Calgary.
Pressed leaf in middle of book
11 pages of numbers at back of book, list of places numbered 1-145, 6 pages of numbers, "Pullmans" numbered 1-44
Subject Access
Hiking
Mountaineering
Camping
Daily routines
Title Source
Title taken from source
Processing Status
Processed
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Climbing Schools. -- 1968-1975

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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Scope & Content
Kiwi (Lloyd) Gallagher and Rudy Gertsch instructing British Army in mountain climbing 5 miles west of Banff. Gertsch and Bill Vroom instructing climbers at Rock Garden.
Reference Code
V190 / II.A.iii. - 15
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
II.A. Main file: Alphabetical files
Reference Code
V190 / II.A.iii. - 15
Physical Description
ca.67 negatives: 9.5 x 12 cm. or smaller
Scope & Content
Kiwi (Lloyd) Gallagher and Rudy Gertsch instructing British Army in mountain climbing 5 miles west of Banff. Gertsch and Bill Vroom instructing climbers at Rock Garden.
Subject Access
Gallagher, Kiwi (Lloyd)
Gertsch, Rudy
Mountaineering
Vroom, Bill
Access Restrictions
Access by appointment only
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Mt. Edith with snow. -- [1966?]

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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Scope & Content
Mountaineers on Mount Edith.
Reference Code
V190 / II.A.v. - 1
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
II.A. Main file: Alphabetical files
Reference Code
V190 / II.A.v. - 1
Physical Description
4 negatives: 6 x 6 cm.
Scope & Content
Mountaineers on Mount Edith.
Subject Access
Edith, Mount
Mountaineering
Access Restrictions
Access by appointment only
Language
English
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Mountaineering. -- 1952-1972

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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Scope & Content
Mountaineers near Castle Mountain, Columbia Icefield, Mount Edith, Mount Edith Cavell, The Needles, Mount Rundle, Tunnel Mountain, Mount Victoria, Mount Whyte.
Reference Code
V190 / II.A.xiii. - 12
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
II.A. Main file: Alphabetical files
Reference Code
V190 / II.A.xiii. - 12
Physical Description
ca.130 negatives: 9.5 x 12 cm. or smaller
Scope & Content
Mountaineers near Castle Mountain, Columbia Icefield, Mount Edith, Mount Edith Cavell, The Needles, Mount Rundle, Tunnel Mountain, Mount Victoria, Mount Whyte.
Subject Access
Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Mountaineering
Access Restrictions
Access by appointment only
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